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letters (correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 112 Collections and/or Records:

The Papers of John Bassett Moore

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-9
Abstract

Small collection of correspondence, newspaper clippings and memorabilia.

Dates: 1894-1966
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

The University of Virginia Collection on the Events in Charlottesville, VA, August 11-13, 2017

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16386
Scope and Contents This collection contains offensive and harmful language and imagery including racist and violent references and imagery. The purpose of this note is to give users the opportunity to decide whether they need or want to view these materials, or at least, to mentally or emotionally prepare themselves to view the materials.  This collection documents the events of August 11 and 12, 2017 that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the circumstances...
Dates: 2015-01-13 - 2020; Majority of material found within 2017-01-03 - 2020
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Alexander Theroux letters to Judy Barnes

 Collection — Box BW 43, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16662
Content Description

11 letters from Alexander Theroux to Judy Barnes. Barnes, whose name is now Judith Music, describes the letters as such: “We had met in 1972 when he was on the faculty of Longwood College and I was a reference librarian there.” The dates of the letters are: 1 Letter (1973), 4 Letters (1974), 2 Letters (1978), 1 Letter (1979), 2 Letters (1980).

Dates: 1973 - 1980
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Virginia Music Teachers Association records

 File
Identifier: MSS 15772
Scope and Contents Note Virginia Music Teachers Association records (1940-2018; 11 cubic feet) contain financial papers, agendas, contests, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, chapter reports and officer's reports totaling 11 cubic feet. There are also music performances and software programs on compact discs, floppy disk and audiocassette. Some areas of the collection are missing years from 1980 to 1990. The records are created by musicians and teachers in Virginia whose shared vision is furthering the art of...
Dates: 1940-2018
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Warren Chappell correspondence with Janet M. Anderson.

 Unprocessed Material — Flat_box 1
Identifier: ViU-2017-0141
Dates: ca. 1970-2001
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

E. Warren letters from Virginia springs

 Collection — Box BW 15, Folder: 1 [X030899216]
Identifier: MSS 16362
Dates: 1837
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Wesley Webster letter

 Collection — Box BW 39, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16635
Dates: 1813-07-29
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

William Allen Butler family papers

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2020-0004
Dates: 1808-1959
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Frank Owen Wilson and Susan Rinehart World War II correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16414
Content Description The collection contains more than 450 letters written between Lieutenant Frank Owen Wilson from Wilson, Arkansas, who was a University of Virginia graduate and his Charlottesville girlfriend, Susan Smith Rinehart (1925-1995), whose family lived on an estate called "Boxwood." There are 276 letters from Wilson and 180 letters from Rinehart. Wilson's early letters are from Saint Elmo Hall at the Univeristy of Virginia. His letters while in military service were not subject to censorship, yet...
Dates: 1921, 1941-1945
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Colonel William Withers letters

 Collection — Box BW 6, Folder: 1 [X031589273]
Identifier: MSS 16126
Scope and Contents

Colonel William Withers letters (1883; 0.03 cubic feet)consist of letters about thoroughbred race horse breeding in 1883 on a farm in Lexington, Kentucky and include details about horse sales, racing times, specific horses.and is .03 cubic feet. There are also letters to Colonel Withers.

Dates: 1883
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

John Porter Woody letters

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: X032652593]
Identifier: MSS 16437
Scope and Contents Note The John Porter Woody letters (1888-1911; 0.5 cubic feet) document Woody's work on a section of the Pampatike farm in King William County, Virginia. The bulk of the letters to Woody are from Pampatike owner Thomas Henry Carter, who updates Woody on business matters including farm finances, equipment, and Carter's travels. Folder 1 contains a copy of Woody's lease from January 1, 1894. A small number of items in the collection are receipts for purchases of farm equipment, and the...
Dates: 1888 - 1911
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

World Encyclopedia business letters

 Collection — Box BW 16, Folder: 1 [X030899277]
Identifier: MSS 16364
Scope and Contents

World Book Encyclopedia business letters, MSS 16364, 1944, 0.03 cubic feet consisting of four letters from representatives of the World Book Encyclopedia, and Quarrie Corporation, regarding Lillie P. Woodson's work selling encyclopedias in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Dates: 1944
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library